Good Hope

Good Hope, Skipool Creek, originally uploaded by Bay Photographic.

As a boat owner I am often dismayed by the number of vessels that are left to rot in boatyards, marinas, and on moorings. They can be seen all round the coast, and in many parts of the inland waterways. Once loved and cared for they have either outstripped someone's ability to maintain them or fallen on hard times through accident, gear failure or just old age. For some reason which is not entirely clear to me, I find this all a bit hard to take. Even though I have spent my adult life trying not to be a bizzom (though I have also spent much of it trying to find a use for the word 'bizzom') I can't help but find against the owners of these boats in the portable personal tribunal that I carry around with me. Why buy them if you don't want to look after them? Why not sell them if you're fed up with them? Preferably before its too late.
However, as a photographer I am eternally grateful to the same people. By all means, leave them to rot. Somewhere close to a car park and well above the high water mark would be best, but anywhere will do.
As long as the paint peels artistically and the wood springs apart in an attractive geometric pattern.
Much obliged. Don't know what I would do for foreground interest without you.